Messe de Minuit pour Noël Midnight Mass for Christmas by Marc-Antoine Charpentier TB - Sheet Music
By Marc-Antoine Charpentier
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Messe de Minuit pour Noël
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Soli SST(A)TB, Coro ST(A)TB, 2 Fl, 2 Vl, 2 Va (Vl, Va), Cb, Fg, Org, Bc - Grade 3
SKU: CA.2102905
Midnight Mass for Christmas. Composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Edited by Hans Ryschawy. This edition: urtext. French Sacred Music. Sacred vocal music, Masses, Latin, Christmas. Choral score. H 9. 24 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 21.029/05. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2102905).ISBN 9790007171964. 8.27 x 11.69 inches. Language: Latin.
Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Christmas mass, the "Messe de Minuit pour Noël", is throughly in the French tradition, celebrating the joyful news of the Birth of Christ with cheerful happiness. In this midnight mass, composed in 1694, ten traditional French Christmas hymns have been rearranged, lending the work a dance-like energy alongside charming tone coloring. In independent movements the relatively small instrumental ensemble consisting of two flutes, strings and organ plays a significant role in the musical events of this mass, alternating with various combinations of the vocal parts. Solo voices are only used together in small ensembles and, in accordance with the practices of the period, the boundaries between solo ensemble and choir are fluid, meaning that these solo passages can also be sung by members of the choir.
Also available in a version for Choir & Organ (Carus 21.029/45).
